Syble, You NEVER usually go from Legacy to Legacy via a Gedcom but with a Legacy File.
Legacy 8 opens and converts to the new format all earlier Legacy files perfectly well. You don't have to go anywhere near a Gedcom. Some people use Gedcoms regularly to use other programs to publish on the web. Some people use Gedcoms regularly to share with relations who don't use Legacy. Some people use Gedcoms regularly or occasionally to put their tree on Ancestry etc (This is the only use I have for a Gedcom) Some, for some reason, use it for Backup. There seems no reason to do this. If Legacy disappears, it won't disappear overnight from your computer and you can make a Gedcom then. Legacy has its own backup system that everyone should use every time it pops up on exist. This backup keeps the database in Legacy format. Legacy 8 restores backups made with earlier versions of Legacy. Re bugs - bugs in any program are inevitable. The test group is too small to cover every possible combination of computers and settings. At some stage you have to say: it's good enough - and release. I haven't had problems with regular use for some time but do with some of the more advanced features. Re Legacy importing its own GEDCOM. I think Ron is overstating the problems. It may be a problem that the Sourcewriter Sources are converted to Basic format when exporting a Legacy Gedcom. But that's not an import issue. Other issues don't involve the basic data. Cathy At 08:35 AM 30/11/2013, you wrote: >Re: Ron's comments: >" Legacy cannot satisfactorily import its own GEDCOM." > >I'm not one to be among the first to download and update, nor to buy >an update due to the many problems that I've read about since I >began using Legacy years ago starting with version 5 or 6. I'm not >as computer literate as some, and my main concern is to have Legacy >operating properly, I can wait on all the "bells & whistles". My >horror is to loose all these years of work just to get a few more options. > >I was very disappointed when I read the about updates for version 8, >some sound okay, but when I do buy v.8, I had every intention of >keeping Version 7.5, until I felt comfortable with v.8, now I read >that I should not import my Legacy 7.5 as a Gedcom to v. 8, so it's >there a simple process, without overriding v.7.5 > >WHY release something that seemingly has so many problems? >Thanks, >Syble Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
